1. Using dial-in conferencing
Quick Start Guide
Add a phone user to your conference
From within the conference/meeting, select Invite More People.
Enter the person’s phone number and select OK.
The meeting will then call out the person and add them to the meeting.
IMPORTANT! Remember to dial the full phone number of the person that you want to reach — including the country code and the ‘+’ symbol (e.g ).
Get started with dial-in conferencing
Using dial-in conferencing for Skype for Business couldn’t be easier. Instead of having to visit several sites to schedule the meeting, audio bridge, or other elements, you simply:
Open your calendar in Outlook.
Click New Skype Meeting.
That’s it! Your meeting is scheduled and your audio bridge is ready to go.
Dial into a Skype Meeting using a phone
From your mobile device, simply dial the phone number in the invitation.
When prompted, enter the Conference ID from the invitation. 1 2
Configure dial-in conferencing Options
Enable and disable entry and exit announcements.
Lock and unlock the meeting, managing the type of user that is:
From either your Outlook calendar, or within the meeting, you can open your meeting options menu. From that menu, you can:
Start a meeting using your telephone
Depending on how your organization has configured your service, you might need your Organizer dial-in conferencing PIN. This PIN was sent via when you were enabled for the dial-in conferencing service.
If you are unable to remember your PIN, please contact your tenant admin.
Granted entry directly into the meeting.
Placed in the lobby (these users will need to be admitted by an organizer).
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2. Forward your phone calls
Want your calls to go to your Voice Mail or to your cell phone or a hotel room phone?
Quick Start Guide
Audio setup and making calls
Set up your audio device
First things first: set up your audio device and check the quality. You can use your computer’s mic and speakers, plug in a headset.
In the lower-left of the main Skype for Business window, click the Call Forwarding button.
Select Forward Calls To.
Select New Number or Contact. Choose a contact, or type a number in the Forward Calls field.
Click Select Your Primary Device in the lower- left corner of the main Skype for Business window.
Click Audio Device Settings.
Pick your device from the Audio Device menu, and adjust the speaker and mic volume.
Skype for Business Quick Start Guide—Audio Setup and Making Calls—pages 1 and 4
Start a call
Turn off call forwarding
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Hover on a contact’s pic until the quick menu appears.
Click the Phone button.
Start a conference call
In your Contacts list, select multiple contacts by holding the Ctrl key, and clicking the names.
Right-click any of the selected names, then click Start a Conference Call.
Click Skype Call.
Which Skype should I use?
Skype for Business is for connecting with a co-worker or business associate.
Skype is for connecting with your grandma, or chatting with friends while gaming.
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3. Add audio to an IM conversation
In the conversation window, click the Phone button.
Answer a call
When someone calls you, an alert pops up in the lower-right of your screen.
To answer the call, click anywhere on the photo area.
To reject the call, click Ignore.
To start an instant messaging (IM) conversation with the caller instead of an audio call, click Options, and then Reply by IM.
To reject the call and other calls, until you change your status click Options, and then Set to Do not Disturb.
Skype for Business Quick Start Guide—Audio Setup and Making Calls—pages 2 and 3
Use audio call controls
During a call, point to the buttons to do the following:
To put the call on hold, click the Hold button.
To mute your audio, click the Mic button in the conversation window.
Invite more people to a call
Pages 2 and 3
If call transferring is available for your account, click the Transfer button, and select the number you want.
To hang up, click the Phone button in the conversation window.
In the Meeting pane, click or, in the Participants pane, click
Select or multi-select (Ctrl-click) from your contacts, or type someone’s name or phone number in the Search field, then select them from the results. Click OK.
Your new invitees receive a request to join your call.

4. Contacts, presence, and IM Quick Start Guide, pages 4 and 1
Want to shut your virtual office door?
Presence is automatically set based on your Outlook calendar but you can change it temporarily if you want to. Presence status is a quick way for other people see whether or not you’re free to chat. Here are the presence settings you can change:
Find someone
Connect with people in your organization, or with friends who have a Skype account.
Type a name in the Search box. As soon as you do, the tabs below the Search field change from this: to this:
If your presence is:
It means you are:
Available *
Online and available
Be Right Back **
Away from your computer briefly
Away *, **
Logged on, but have been away from computer for a period of time.
Off Work **
Not working or not available
Busy *, **
Hard at work and shouldn’t be interrupted
In a call *
In a Skype for Business call (two-party call)
In a meeting *
In a meeting (using Skype for Business or Outlook)
In a conference call *
In a Skype for Business conference call (Skype meeting with audio)
Do Not Disturb **
Do not want to be disturbed. You will see IMs, but only if you’re both in the same Workgroup.
Presenting *
Giving a presentation
Out of the office
Set to OOF in your Outlook calendar
Offline *
Not signed in
Unknown
Presence can’t be detected
Contacts, presence, and IM Quick Start Guide, pages 4 and 1
If the person is in your organization, stay on the MY CONTACTS tab. If not, click on the SKYPE DIRECTORY tab. It will narrow your search if you know their full name or Skype user name.
Add a contact
Once you find a person, add them to your Contacts list for quick access.
Right-click the name in the search results.
Click Add to Contact List.
Pick a group to add your new contact to.
* Set automatically for you based on your keyboard activity or Outlook calendar.
** You can set your presence to this anytime you want.
View a contact card
Tap a contact picture.
Tap the Contact Card button to open Contact Card.
Which Skype should I use?
Skype for Business is for connecting with a co-worker or business associate.
Skype is for connecting with your grandma, or chatting with friends while gaming.
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5. Contacts, Presence, and IM Quick Start Guide, pages 2 and 3
Create a group
Set up a group for each team you work with so you quickly see who’s available, or communicate with the entire team at once.
Click the Add a Contact button.
Select Create a New Group.
Begin typing your new group name.
Add audio, video and share files in an IM conversation
Switch between conversations
If you have several conversations or meetings going on at the same time, Skype for Business displays them all in one place, so you can toggle between them. Click a tab on the left to view an IM conversation.
Contacts, Presence, and IM Quick Start Guide, pages 2 and 3
Send an instant message
Use instant messaging (IM) to touch base with your contacts right away.
In your Contacts list, point to the contact you want to IM. If you want to IM with more than one contact, hold down the Ctrl key and click each contact name.
Click the IM button.
Type your message and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
Find a previous IM conversation
If you use Outlook and Exchange, Skype for Business automatically saves your IM conversation history. To view or continue a previous IM conversation or see an IM request you missed:
Need to add someone to the IM?
Click the Conversations tab.
Click the All or Missed tab. If you don’t see the conversation you’re looking for, click View More in Outlook at the bottom of the list.
Double-click the conversation that you want to open.
From the main Skype for Business window, drag a contact pic onto the IM window.

6. Skype for Business Meetings Quick Start Guide, pages 1 and 4
Choose your view
In the conversation window, click the Pop out video gallery arrow.
Quick Start Guide
Meetings
Click the Pick a layout button and choose a view:
Gallery View shows everyone’s video streams
Speaker View shows only the presenter’s.
Content View shows only the meeting content.
Compact View shows pics of the participants in a compact window.
Schedule a Skype for Business meeting
Click Full Screen View for a large view of the video streams.
Click Pop in the video
(This is an Outlook task.)
Open your Outlook Calendar, click the Home tab, and click New Skype Meeting. (If you are in Skype for Business (Lync) mode, this button still says New Skype meeting.)
Skype for Business Meetings Quick Start Guide, pages 1 and 4
gallery to show the gallery in the conversation window again.
Complete the meeting request just like you normally would.
Join a Skype Meeting—There are so many ways!
Pages 1 and 4
Set meeting options
You can set some meeting options in Outlook before you even send the meeting request—like who will be able to get into the meeting directly and who has to wait in the virtual lobby.
Which Skype should I use?
Skype for Business is for connecting with a co-worker or business associate.
Skype is for connecting with your grandma, or chatting with friends while gaming.
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7. Skype for Business Meetings Quick Start Guide – pages 2 and 3
Share your desktop or a program
Need to show everyone what you’re talking about?
Record and play back a meeting
It’s easy to capture audio, video, IM, and what’s being presented.
In the meeting window, click the More Options button.
Click Start Recording.
After the meeting, go to Manage Recordings to publish, play, rename, or delete the recording.
In the meeting window, click the Present button.
Click Present Desktop to show the entire contents of your desktop, or click Present Programs and double-click the program you want to share.
Skype for Business Meetings Quick Start Guide – pages 2 and 3
Share a PowerPoint presentation
Manage meeting participants
In the meeting window, click the Present button.
Click Present PowerPoint Files.
Browse to the file you want to present and click OK.
Meeting getting unruly? If you’re the presenter, you are in control.
Click the Participants button to open the Participants pane so you can see a list of everyone in the meeting.
Click the Participant Actions button.
Pages 2 and 3
Click one or multiple buttons to apply these settings to all attendees.
Done presenting?
Click this:
Need to invite more people?
Click this: